World faces shortage of syringes as COVID vaccine doses rise

[PeteS in CA]

World faces shortage of syringes as COVID vaccine doses rise

https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/world-faces-shortage-of-syringes-as-covid-vaccine-doses-rise/

NAIROBI, Kenya — African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of more than 2 billion syringes for mainly low- and middle-income countries around the world as the supply of COVID-19 doses rises, and routine vaccinations could be affected, too.

The U.N. children’s agency said the shortfall would affect up to 2.2 billion auto-disposable syringes that lock automatically to prevent them from being used again. “We are not anticipating a significant supply shortage of the more standard syringes used in high-income countries,” the agency said in a statement. It blamed “significantly higher demand,” supply chain disruptions, national bans on syringe exports and an unpredictable supply of vaccines.

Trump foresaw such a logistic complication in the US, and acted on it 5 months before the first Covid vaccine was authorized for use by the FDA, https://www.bd.com/en-us/company/news-and-media/press-releases/2020-07-08-bd-partners-with-u-s-government-on-70-million-manufacturing-infrastructure-project-for-mass-vaccination-campaigns . Did no other country foresee and act on this predictable need?

[Kamaji]

So, the vaccines that we really need are going to be shortchanged for a politically motivated vaccine that we don't really need.

Wow.  Upside-down, inside-out world.